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Left to Right: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he arrives on Air Force One, October 10, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon); Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the media after a German-Ukrainian business forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
October 11, 2026, 7:23 pm
Trump says Russia and Ukraine reached ‘energy ceasefire’; Zelensky: ‘News to me’
US president does not elaborate on claim of truce, which comes amid tensions with Ukrainian counterpart over strikes on Russian energy, infrastructure sites
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky during the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
October 11, 2026, 1:25 pm
Trump, blaming Zelensky for US diesel prices, says Ukraine should get new president
US leader, facing pressure ahead of midterms, praises Putin after inking diesel deal with Moscow; Europeans decry move, saying it’ll fund Russia’s war
By Agencies
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signs an order to reduce the excise tax on gasoline to bring down fuel prices at the pump, October 5, 2026. (X/Bezalel Smotrich)
October 4, 2026, 7:46 pm
Government trims price at pump, days after it reached record high
Treasury trims a further NIS 0.5 off fuel tax excise surcharge, bringing cost per liter down to NIS 7.7; ministry officials reportedly balk at cost to state coffers
By ToI Staff
Protesters burn tires and other debris to block a highway as demonstrations over fuel price increases spread across Syria, in Maarat al-Numan, Idlib province, September 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahmed Albam)
September 14, 2026, 8:11 pm
Fuel price surge sparks Syria’s biggest protests since Assad’s fall
Demonstrators block roads and oil convoys after diesel jumps 40%; Damascus blames costly imports as Ukrainian attacks strain fuel stocks from Russia, the country’s main supplier
By Feras Dalatey, Mahmoud Hasano and Firas Makdesi
A teacher addresses students at a school in one of the floating villages of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake on June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)
August 17, 2026, 9:00 am
In Cambodia, Iran war forcing families to choose between school for kids or survival
Developing countries reliant on imported energy are most exposed to disruptions from the war, with girls more likely to be impacted in places that prioritize sons
By AP
A Spirit Airlines 319 Airbus approaches Manchester Boston Regional Airport for a landing, June 2, 2023, in Manchester, New Hampshire (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
May 2, 2026, 3:40 pm
US’s Spirit Airlines declares immediate bankruptcy amid Iran war price fuel surge
Telling passengers not to go to the airport, the major, low-cost US airline cites ‘oil prices and other pressures’ for abruptly shutting down after failing to secure Trump-proposed bailout
By Sabrina Valle, David Shepardson, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Doyinsola Oladipo
Illustrative: A Lufthansa aircraft approaches the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, April 28, 2026. (Michael Probst/AP)
April 29, 2026, 11:26 am
European airlines face biggest crisis since COVID as Iran war drives up fuel costs
Aviation experts warn European carriers may begin rationing jet fuel supplies during summer holiday season, after prices surged nearly 84 percent since start of war
By Joanna Plucinska and Alessandro Parodi
Illustrative: Iranian oil tanker Fortune is anchored at the dock of the El Palito refinery near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ernesto Vargas)
October 28, 2024, 1:26 pm
Oil prices fall after Israel avoids energy sites in its strike on Iran
Costs drop as much as 5% in early trade; analysts believe Tehran’s downplaying of attack signals wariness about escalation
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A construction site for new housing in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on July 28, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 15, 2022, 11:58 pm
Inflation and housing prices continue to climb, breaking new records
July increase in consumer price index brings Israel’s yearly inflation rate to 5.2%; housing prices jump by 17.8%, the highest in over a decade
By Danielle Nagler
Then-education minister Naftali Bennett delivers a statement at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on December 25, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90, file)
February 1, 2022, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 1 – Who scuttled the Western Wall deal; a price hike backlash
US reporter Jacob Magid discusses what really happened with the ‘Kotel compromise’ and political correspondent Tal Schneider looks at a Knesset vote on yeshiva student exemptions
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A woman fills her car's gas tank, at a gas station in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 31, 2021, 9:42 pm
Gasoline prices to rise at midnight, hitting 3-year high
Due to increased global demand for fuel, costs increase by 23 agorot, reaching NIS 6.62; steady hike seen since May 2020, after first COVID-19 lockdown
By ToI Staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a public gathering in the city of Rafsanjan in Iran's southwest Kerman province, November 11, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP)
December 4, 2019, 12:26 pm
Rouhani says some protesters should be freed, open to talks with US
Iranian president says his country is still ready for talks if US lifts sanctions, which he claims were incited by Israel
By ToI Staff and AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the Palestinian Peace and Freedom Forum in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 6, 2019. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
August 28, 2019, 6:43 am
Israel did not agree to let PA collect fuel taxes under new deal, sources say
Ramallah receives NIS 2 billion in duties that Israel gathered for it, despite previous refusal to accept funds until Israeli law targeting PA payments to terrorists is frozen
By Adam Rasgon
A picture taken on June 29, 2017, in the Egyptian capital Cairo shows fuel dripping from a hose as a gas station worker fills up a customer's tank while cars wait in line. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
June 17, 2018, 3:03 pm
Egypt hikes fuel prices as part of austerity drive
Prices up 35%-50% after electricity subsidies slashed amid economic reform
By AFP
Street scene in downtown Cairo (photo credit: CC BY SA David Evers/Flickr)
From the WebMay 13, 2013, 2:15 pm
Ration cards for subsidized fuel come to Egypt in fall
Ahram Online: In a change in long-standing policy, Cairo announces plans to limit distribution of government-backed fuel
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